Neck-wiping device



Oct. 2 ,1923.

J. E. JOHNSON ET AL NECKWIPING DEV-ICE Filed Dec. 8, 1919. s Sheets-Sheet 1 Get 2,1923. 1,4595% J. E. JOHNSON ET AL NECK WIPING DEVI GE Filed Dad. 8, 1919 s Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 2 1923.

- J. E. JOHNSON ET AL NECK WIPING DEVICE 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Dec. 8, 1919 3 E Y H NL'AHP il E$ii I iTT ,ASSIGNORS TO THE .0 3. GEI N PCOM o t wo,

j 'sEm'ms, conrp xtAmiom qri ivtessAcnt smisl the following is itjs'pecifieation t JOHNSON; n-d GirAiulms' Osii N'Dfcitizens VVorcester, in the countyLofivoreesterengli' v State j of Massachusetts, have invented iflillewi and useful Neck-WViping Device, o fifwhich r This invention irelates to Q lWipiIIgde iCe;

citpahleof geiiera1,use,"but .de'ser'ibed herein V 3s}v a; i eekwiping device because that-is the lmbs't Conveiiient place to use it, the One" in which it'is nibstlikely-tg {be em lo ed,

' bu't'it istobe understood ofcour sethatjt "is ndtlirnited to; the Wiping; of fnecks, its" I particular" ebject hei ig to effectively wi e: down the two ends of a label} which Extends all the-wayxaround iii/bottle Or' other Elevice, and. overlaps IMOI'G specifically; this inven-i tionis designed -to 'pr()vide ainpving Wiper;

-0f such} a nature that relative nlet-ion. be

tween its support and-the support foifthe" article; toyprovide' forgiving the Wiper'a" article to'be laheledwill cause the Wiper tq be ineved relatively to -7 the article T as they? pess',.each.' Other in siicha path as to" swing theiwipeirkarotind"the article and paste down-:-

the e ndiof. the label on the rear side 2015 :the

sideways motion in addition tdits swinging motion "tojeffct f the path (if ihovement bf the'wipet in'sueheway wa's to add towthe effectiven'ess o't vthe operation ;-ft0' duplicate 3 the parts'isOtha-t-first onegwiping:mechaiiism v ivi'll Wipe do'ivrii oneiend: of theilabel; and

then fthe ether: will cbme'i-n'te action to Wipe 'dQWJiith other end to-provide an improved wiper which will have. only a-rollingaaction 0'11 'the iabeL anda'nelriibbing*action,and

' therefo're no tendeiiey 'tOdiS- hteextheilithel and to provide improvements.ihflthe-relative arrangement -0i the parts and -Irieha hism V V 'for'j6per2it1ng"- them so as 't0 jsecurie the'Iiec;-\ essary' motions lnla. siniple andi effectivemany.

ne'r. The invention als'b involves certaindtfails of consti'fltion;endfcqmbihzttio sof.

Reference is to 1 be he d" the ilccomjjeny *igfl is a side elevation o'f ii rotaryjtiiible bottle "labelling Inachine showing a pre fel red form bfthis ini entiqng'eppliedthere t0 for"application dfneck'labels'; f

.e f Fig..'2'is'a planof g-ipoi tiii"theretiffpil Of-the bottle" and shbiying: the -hettfomv g mechanism showing the; wiping 1ev1ieeji1i";i1-ction; with 1 is ShWIlr carr ing posts; 11 11161;; proyided With? clamping devices l2 for (engaging; the r tops? of the r bottles 2101 (ia n's' and::holding'j WhiCh-fi n'0ta, paptf dflthis-finventibn, v holding the center; of ithea label; o'n,-.-the

,for i eck? bottlea s coming-up against bloeks 0 1; s ewi;

onthetablej-m J M bunted' in stationary: pos ion at one; at; the bOttOlnZ; iThe b'racket 21' earrgies 1 ,a' )V'ertical tshatft 23s driven fiem i mechanism below by {any desired me'ztns; as- ;for example, M a bevelv'geam 23?. Thisn-shztft'etrries two cams"24 end 25.: :Y hes'elfca nst; are airmngei iA'sfthefshaft 23 rbtlibesgi itn is ebvi' that-t their oscillafiionsfwilh be si niilai' and;

rel eitivegloeation? of. the two, cams; indieated' in Fig, 35. "At 1the-top these wogsh u provided with arms 30; and; 3-1 respeeti-jelyg cams; 3

V able stops 40 adapted to engage-stop; sur- 'f-aces 41' and limit their motion in one direc; tion. The arms 34'and 35' are adjustably f These two arms 34 and 35 are mounted on two shafts 37 and 38 respectively, arranged vertically and -journalled in an overhanging arch 39 supported by the standard 20..

These 7 -two 'shafts areyprovided with adj u'stfixed on theirshafts 37 and 38 by set screws to permit of adjustments to accommodate the labeling of differentkinds' of articles? g These two shafts 37 and 38 extend downwardly; and" are provided with invert-ed hooks jforin'ed' 'Icy-horizontal projections e'x i tending from the bottornsoi the shafts,'each screw 44. 7 7 a;

On this arm is pivoteda stud 45 wh ch carries pivotally wiper supporting "plate vided with -a wi'per "149 in "the iorrnof a frustofconica l roller freely rotatable on' I stud48 which is shownas'ar ra'ng'ed m n-' clined"position and with I a non-wiping roller: 47whichoperat es' the plate and" wiping roller. Thefinclinedf arrangement of this st1'1d148'; is provided to pern'iit' of "the v of atapered' bottle neck'and it will wiping be noted th atitslargerflat'end is adj acent' to the larger end or the taper'ing bottle; i i Heretofore; whenwiping' a ;tapered neck 'wi'th a roller,

it'l-ia s, so far'as weareaware 'been thought necessary to have the taper-opposite. W6; find that thisproduces a 'difi'erentrelative- This 7 is an important point.-

j surface-travel; at the t op and 'bottom which sometimes" displaces the label; live overcome "this 'by incliningi'the wiping roller and making it of practically" the -s a1ne.cir cuinference' at all points as'the neck at -the :point of contactgtherewith. Thus a true rolling action is secured -with0utany rubhing or likelihood vof displacement; "If a cylindri'oal' surfacehas to be wiped the stud will bearrangedyerticaHy or parallel with r the axis-oi? the bottle; 1

- stop plate 50 while'the *arrn' 43 hasa' stop" .60

vThisVipr 49jis' shown as. smaller di arneter at the than at the bottom-5 but with one' lside; namel'y' its wiping side, al-

most vertical. ti'vcs a ;1n r'ger slant to its non a'ctive side. j 'Iniother words, it is a:

c ne; frustum 'slan'ted by in'clining its axis; Both these roller-s47 and 49 are freely-rotatable on "their- 1 respective a Xes; The;

sw ng ng plate 46' is also provided with a member 51"- that' engages 'it inf the position oneflflirectioni The/swin ing plate-46 .is'

yieldingly: forced up against the "stop'by Y the'spring 52::c'onne'cted with-Tan arm fixed on the top of a shaft 42.

I full line position.

direction'of "theiarrow"D so that itfhas It will be understood, of course, that TVllllBfWG have above describedronlyjone of tllGSB'IDGCllQDiSIIlS the other one is substantially the same but arranged left-h andedly :with respect thereto, and that'the distance between the shafts 37 and 42 is greateri'than V that between the shafts 38' and '42 as, shown.

It is to be understood'that in'theparticular iornrof the'invention shown the table 10 rotates in thedirection of the arrow A ,andgby means new well-lrnown in this art,

the bottle J or'ot-her'article tobe labeledis clamped on'the table, a label L is applied which the gripper 13 "grips preferably at i the center as shownyand if desired it can be preliminarily wiped down in'the usual way by passing through 1 a' pair of stationary wipers; We have n-otshown them to avoid V confusion. a

7 Now the continued rotation of the table br ngs the'bottle along-in the arc of a circle 2LI1(l-'1t pLSS6S by the first wiping roller; '49

without touching it and comes into'c'ontact with the first non-wipingrollert'? asshowu in full lines atthe'top iof Fig. '4. The first effect of this is to slowly swing the plate-46 inopposition to its spring-52 infthe direc-i' I tion of the arrow B in Fig; 4: This -brin,qs

the wiping roller 49 outwards against the bottle label'and it is to be observed that its slanting surface is the partithat engages the slanting surface of the'bottle neck :Thei

continued: motion of the bottle, which it must be undertsood is a positive 'one,i swings the roller 47 clear aroundas shown in dotted lines at the top 015 Fig. 4, bringing the wiping roller clear around to the. back: of the bottle and pasting the label down clear to its end. Then the bottle .passesout of the wayfof' the roller 47 and the It is to be observed that -prior to this simple motion thathas been described,- the whole wipingdevice has hadian'other rnot on 1n'the direction of theiarrow C in Fig.

4-, caused by the cam 2'5and'thesh'aft 29;" .t 'This ca-rnis carefully timed to swing these elements and eonsequentlyswingthe shaft plate swings baclrto v the 38 on its center'a'n'd movethe upwardly eX- tending shaft 42 with theiparts supported" by'it inwardly in the direction of the ar rowTlas stated. The'pivot 45' moves to the dotted line" position.- This action. is

needed to move the Wipers back'so that they will not engage the posts 11. VVithoutth-is 'motion, th egxplate 46 would still swing enoughto'keep theYroller-"49'in contact with "the bottle as it swings around flbehind it,

but'it would conflict with the post 11/ When the machinerunsfempty the wiping device does'not operate'eizcept to avoidfthe 'posts;

wiping roll 49" turns on its own axis inthe It is tolbe observed at' thistirne*thatithef ice As the" bottle ,-leaves "the dotted -line posi tipn 'shown in Fig. tat-the top" nd passes '1' the ap a ellem thespring'52 wi'll swing the apper plate? {t6 into I the full line; 1 positionjready td' receive the next bott leii Thefbo'ttle ithaehas'fban qtnfdertons id rat tion thenpass'es on to thedotted] line I posij' a nan shown. at the bottom at Ti 4 amen-i gages the'lowe'r' operatinglroller'47*asindi-Qj r cated therein. Theni'thefaction abbvaee:

scribedoccurs on the*otherfsidejo'f the "label, 7 including the motion of the?shaft fit" i The" three arrows, B3,:C. and ;D arej shown there:

on e ie to ,n'di'eate th fla o of h s Wipeiz I 1 I p The first end enough, andc-ompletes the-operation ef'wi e i ing the. label around the neck'of the bottle.

- It will be seen therefore that this constitutes'a simple and effective means for securing the complete encircling ofthefbot f tle orthe like even when of taperin form a label long enough tojsurround it, and 'that the complications heretofore thought netessary in order to produce-that result areeliminated and the action securedina cer- *tain and positively accurate" manner with is operated largely by the m otionof the bot tle, also, which eliminates the necessity of using special-means$for securing the prim cipal portion of the wipingactionz 'f Although We have illustrated and. .describedonly a single form of the inventionand' shown it as applied to aparticulartype of labeling machine and to the application of a label to a particular kind of surfacevwe are aware ofthe fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in ,45

the art and that the principle of the inven tion can be employed withfwidely varying types of machines and on Widely varying surfaces without departing from'the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims;

arti'cleto be labeled; 7 In a labeling machine, the combination Therefore we do not wish to be, limited 1., In alabelingmachine,"the combination of a pivotally supported memben-and two rollers on said member, one of them being mounted to turn on its own, axis and having -a label wiping surface, with movablemeans for moving'an article to be labelled into position to engage thefotherroller after j passing the wiping. roller out of contact ,therewith, and-thereby swing the wiping' roller into contact with the article.

2. In a labeling machinefthe combination of a pair of standards, a plate pivoted to each standard, and two rolle rs mounted on each plate,one roller of each pair.-constituting nfepraan roller andgthe other wi or Finisv p i I 3 tioned relative to each other that"when an:f article'kto be labeled isfmovedt intoj-positionf to'enga'ge first. one operati g loller-"andthen r t-lier,' this gwil'licaiise;one' wipii g 'roller to swing with its plate and wipe: jdo wn" one end-of 'a label on' {one fsideiofjsaidf article and] then the other wiping oller toffiwi e' "down I tlie other" end of the label {onthe other sid f In a labeling mahine,'f the fc o nbinati onof a standard; r embeapi otany connected theiewith an'd 'supportedthereby, two rollerson 'sa'id member, one of them ha-ving a 'label wiping surface, said rollers "being; loca'tefd in j V such" position that whenan; article to -be 'Imo'ved along predetermined I V ill--en a e the T non-wiping i-roller and swing the wiping roller 'abontthe pivot into contactjwith said-article, and a spring" for bodily moving said memberand wipin'g; w 7.

is being jfu i 5 I ing 'rol'ler, i saidi four rollers beiiigsoi? pos neare 1 path" it roller in another direction while it" swung 'on'the pivot by-Z's aid article i [4. In alabejling machine, the combination; ofa standard, a member pivotally connected p therewith and supported thereby, two rollers on said member, one of themh'aving a-ilabel" wiping surface, relatively-"movable "means 'for supporting an article to be labeled in j the purpose of'swingingfthe wiping roller f1 about;the pivot 11am contact with jsaid'ar-r; comparativelysimple mechanism. The wiperf'ticle, and a rotary cam formoving said. member -ancl-wiping 1'oller in anotherdirec- 5. Inalabeling machine, the combination f 5- ofa pairof pivoted-plateaa wiper anfd an operating element mounted on each plate,

said operating. elements being located in position Lto be engaged one after" the other; and operated 'by a'n article to belabeled to causefir'st one wiper to wipe. down onee'n d of a label on one side an'dthen theother endf of the label on the other'side, a pair of cams 3 rotatable on the same axis, two separate} position to engage the non-wiping roller for tion hile it is swinging on its axijs" shafts, -mea'ns for co'ntrollingfeach of, said;

two pivoted platesto move them of the label onthe-other side, a pair of 'cains,

operating the two pivoted platesf 7 In a labeling machine, thercombination of a pair of pivoted plates, f an operating roller and a. frustol-conical wiper on each plate, with relatively movable meansot'or supporting an article to "be labeled in position to. engage first oneoper'ating roller and j a then the other to causeione wiper,v to wipe I 1 down one end of a'label on one sideand then f' the-other wiper to wipe down theotherend 1 125 two separate shafts, means for:'controllingT 1r eachof'said shafts from one" of said-cams, Q's-f V and 'Ineans. connected 'with said shafts for Ygg 4 stop, a spring normally tendingto swingrthe "plate,-s'aid wi-ping roller being located with its largenbase on the end thereof toward the one-side-only slightly inclined mounted on an inclined axis. about which itis adapted to turn.; r

. i device, the combination with means for supporting a bottle having offnzieans for. supporting aIll l t0 b labeled with a pivoted supporting plate, a

plate back against-the stop, an operating roller carried by said plate in position to .be engagedby the article to beklabeled as it moves whereby the plate will be caused to swing on itea'xis, and a frusto-conical wipin g roller mounted on said plate inpositlon to 7 move towarclthe. article as it swings with the base of the article to, be labeled and having 8. In a wlplng and being a tapered neck? smaller at the top than atthe bottom in vposition toybe labeled, and'a' bottom than at the'top and being mounted onanax'is inclined nearly parallelto the sideofthe tapering neck but further; from .it at: the; bottom 1 than: at-the top. Q -9. A-wiperfora tapering prising-V a frusto-oonical rollen mounted to rotate freely; on :an' iinolined'axis and so ;'-lo.'- cated :that its larger base is adj ac'ent to the larger end of said neck,

In-testimony" whereof we havei'hei eunto j aflixed our signatures-.77 f

- CHARLES OSLUND.

g! 1 JJOHN E ANUELJOHNSON. I i 

